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Katherine Brush's The Birthday Party
In the short story, Birthday Party, Katherine Brush, uses irony, symbolism, repetition, alliteration,metaphors, and imagery to portray a deeper meaning in her story. Brush uses imagery and irony to portray the feelings and emotions to express the current state of the married couple. Brush uses imagery to depict a joyous and anticipated moment, "... the violin-and-piano orchestra played " Happy Birthday to You" and the wife beamed with shy pride over her little surprise, and such few people as there were in the restaurant tried to help out with a pattering of applause,"throughout imagery this excerpt expresses the euphoria that the wife and public felt. However, it is later on that we realize the irony,"...the husband was not pleased..."
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